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Massimo Franciosa

Massimo Franciosa

Writer · 1924–1998 · Rome, Italy

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Biography

Massimo Franciosa (23 July 1924 – 30 March 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1955 and 1991. He also directed nine films between 1963 and 1971. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay for The Four Days of Naples in 1964.

Wrote 77

1990s

  1. 1999

    Love in the Mirror

    Co-Writer

  2. 1991

    Reflections in a Dark Sky

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1989

    NightClub

    Writer

  2. 1987

    Stuff for the Rich

    Screenplay

  3. Il lupo di mare

    Story, Screenplay

  4. 1986
  5. 1985

    Colpo di fulmine

    Story

  6. 1983

    If All Goes Well We Are Ruined

    Screenplay

  7. Acapulco, Last Beach... on the Left

    Screenplay

  8. Bagpiper in Love

    Writer

  9. 1982

    Count Tacchia

    Story, Screenplay

  10. Pronto... Lucia

    Writer

  11. L'inconnue

    Writer

  12. 1981

    Neapolitan Tears

    Writer

  13. 1980

    Bárbara

    Writer

  14. I'm Photogenic

    Screenplay, Story

  15. Flatfoot in Egypt

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979

    L'importante è non farsi notare

    Screenplay

  2. The Face with Two Left Feet

    Writer

  3. 1977

    Il Fauno di marmo

    Writer

  4. 1976

    Passi furtivi in una notte boia

    Writer

  5. Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga

    Writer

  6. 1975

    Frankenstein: Italian Style

    Screenplay

  7. What's Your Sign?

    Writer

  8. Vieni, vieni amore mio

    Writer

  9. 1974

    The Balloon Vendor

    Writer

  10. To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday

    Screenplay

  11. The Voyage

    Screenplay

  12. Spasmo

    Screenplay

  13. 1973
  14. 1972

    What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

    Screenplay

  15. Panhandle 38

    Writer

  16. 1971

    Per amore o per forza

    Writer

  17. 1970

    The Conjugal Debt

    Story, Screenplay

  18. Cerca di capirmi

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Togli le gambe dal parabrezza

    Writer

  2. 1967

    The Girl and the General

    Story

  3. 1966

    El Greco

    Writer

  4. 1965

    Il morbidone

    Story, Screenplay

  5. La Celestina P… R…

    Writer

  6. 1964

    Extraconiugale

    Screenplay

  7. Three Nights of Love

    Screenplay, Story

  8. White Voices

    Screenplay, Story

  9. 1963

    A Sentimental Attempt

    Writer

  10. In Italia si chiama amore

    Writer

  11. The Conjugal Bed

    Screenplay

  12. 1962

    The Four Days of Naples

    Screenplay, Story

  13. Smog

    Screenplay

  14. La bellezza di Ippolita

    Screenplay

  15. Los Castigadores

    Screenplay

  16. 1961

    The Lovemakers

    Screenplay

  17. The Assassin

    Screenplay

  18. 1960
  19. Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. The Magistrate

    Screenplay, Story

  3. La cento chilometri

    Story, Screenplay

  4. Everyone's in Love

    Story, Screenplay

  5. 1958
  6. Toto and Marcellino

    Screenplay, Novel

  7. Young Husbands

    Story, Screenplay

  8. 1957
  9. Holiday Island

    Screenplay

  10. Il cocco di mamma

    Screenplay, Story

  11. The Woman Who Came from the Sea

    Screenplay

  12. Oh! Sabella

    Story, Screenplay

  13. Song of the Forest

    Writer

  14. Terrore sulla città

    Writer

  15. 1955

Directed 9

1970s

  1. 1971

    Per amore o per forza

    Director

  2. 1970

    Quella chiara notte d'ottobre

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Season of the Senses

    Director

  2. Togli le gambe dal parabrezza

    Director

  3. 1967

    Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You

    Director

  4. 1965

    Il morbidone

    Director

  5. 1964

    Extraconiugale

    Director

  6. White Voices

    Director

  7. 1963

    A Sentimental Attempt

    Director